Hoosier Boy Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087095
MRDS ID D004696
Record type Site
Current site name Hoosier Boy Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.15663, 38.36052 (WGS84)
Elevation 1914
Relative position 8000 FT. NNW OF PICACHO PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Picacho Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 012W 24 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4, SW 1/4, NW 1/4, SEC 24.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Red Warrior Limestone;Mowitza Shale
    Rock description Red Warrior Limestone;Mowitza Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.15663, 38.36052

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range Colorado Plateau Transition
Type of structure Local
Structure description Star Range

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Star

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Majestic (New) Mining Co.
    First year 1913

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 76.2M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABOU-ZIED, S., AND WHELAN, J.A., 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUADRANGLE, STAR DIST, BEAVER CO. UT: UT GEOL & MIN SURVEY SPEC. STUDY 46

  • Deposit

    BAER, J.L., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: B.Y.U. GEOLOGY STUDIES V.9, PT. 2, P.29-52.

  • Deposit

    BAER, J.L., 1973, SUMMARY OF THE STRATAGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. ASSOC. PUBL. NO. 3 P. 6

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT. NO. 22

  • Deposit

    1913 GEOLMAP BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #80

  • Deposit

    BAETCKE, G.B., 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIV. OF UT. P. HD. THESIS.

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #111

  • Deposit

    1962 GEOLMAP BAER, J.L., B.Y.U. GEOL. STUDIES V.9

  • Deposit

    1963 COMPILE HEYL, A.V., USGS BULL 1135-B

  • Deposit

    1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL. #3

  • Deposit

    1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES #46

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S
Deposit BUTLER REPORTS THAT THE MINE HAD CONSIDERABLE PRODUCTION IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THE DISTRICT. SOME ORE BEING SHIPPED IN 1910.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management
Updater 01-JUL-1985 Shubat, Michael A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references